Best Comedy movies of 1980s

Actors : Imogene Coca, Beverly D'Angelo, Randy Quaid, Chevy Chase,
Directors : Harold Ramis,

The Griswold family's cross-country drive to the Walley World theme park proves to be much more arduous than they ever anticipated.

Actors : Anthony Michael Hall, Molly Ringwald, Michael Schoeffling, Justin Henry,
Directors : John Hughes,

A girl's "sweet" sixteenth birthday becomes anything but special, as she suffers from every embarrassment possible.

Actors : Kevin McCarthy, Martin Short, Dennis Quaid, Meg Ryan,
Directors : Joe Dante,

A hapless store clerk must foil criminals to save the life of the man who, miniaturized in a secret experiment, was accidentally injected into him.

Actors : Rick Moranis, Marcia Strassman, Matt Frewer, Kristine Sutherland,
Directors : Joe Johnston,

The scientist father of a teenage girl and boy accidentally shrinks his and two other neighborhood teens to the size of insects. Now the teens must fight diminutive dangers as the father searches for them.

Actors : Pamela Reed, Linda Hunt, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Penelope Ann Miller,
Directors : Ivan Reitman,

A tough cop must pose as a kindergarten teacher in order to locate a dangerous criminal's ex-wife, who may hold the key to putting him behind bars.

Actors : Bill Murray, Ted Knight, Rodney Dangerfield, Chevy Chase,
Directors : Harold Ramis,

An exclusive golf course has to deal with a brash new member and a destructive dancing gopher.

Actors : John Amos, Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, James Earl Jones,
Directors : John Landis,

An extremely pampered African Prince travels to Queens, New York, and goes undercover to find a wife whom he can respect for her intelligence and will.

Actors : Tom Berenger, Margaret Whitton, Charlie Sheen, Corbin Bernsen,
Directors : David S. Ward,

The new owner of the Cleveland Indians puts together a purposely horrible team so they'll lose and she can move the team. But when the plot is uncovered, they start winning just to spite her.

Actors : J.E. Freeman, Willem Dafoe, Laura Dern, Nicolas Cage,
Directors : David Lynch,

Young lovers Sailor and Lula run from the variety of weirdos that Lula's mom has hired to kill Sailor.

Actors : Andy Romano, Samantha Mathis, Christian Slater, Anthony Lucero,
Directors : Allan Moyle,

Mark runs a pirate radio station and causes an uproar when he speaks his mind and enthralls fellow teens.

Actors : Marius Weyers, Louw Verwey, N!xau, Sandra Prinsloo,
Directors : Jamie Uys,

A comic allegory about a traveling Bushman who encounters modern civilization and its stranger aspects, including a clumsy scientist and a band of revolutionaries.

Actors : David Gulpilil, Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski, John Meillon,
Directors : Peter Faiman,

An American reporter goes to the Australian outback to meet an eccentric crocodile poacher and invites him to New York City.

Actors : Debbie Harry, Divine, Sonny Bono, Ruth Brown,
Directors : John Waters,

A 'pleasantly plump' teenager teaches 1962 Baltimore a thing or two about integration after landing a spot on a local TV dance show.

Actors : Juliette Lewis, Johnny Galecki, Beverly D'Angelo, Chevy Chase,
Directors : Jeremiah S. Chechik,

The Griswold family's plans for a big family Christmas predictably turn into a big disaster.

Actors : Ellen Barkin, John Lithgow, Peter Weller, Jeff Goldblum,
Directors : W.D. Richter,

Adventurer, brain surgeon, rock musician Buckaroo Banzai and his crime-fighting team, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, must stop evil alien invaders from the eighth dimension who are planning to conquer Earth.

Actors : Joe Don Baker, Richard Libertini, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, Chevy Chase,
Directors : Michael Ritchie,

Irwin M. "Fletch" Fletcher is a newspaper reporter being offered a large sum to off a cancerous millionaire, but is on the run, risking his job, and finding clues when it's clear the man is healthy.

Actors : Barry Miller, Catherine Hicks, Nicolas Cage, Kathleen Turner,
Directors : Francis Ford Coppola,

Peggy Sue faints at a high school reunion. When she wakes up, she finds herself in her own past, just before she finished school.

Actors : Rick Moranis, John Candy, Bill Pullman, Mel Brooks,
Directors : Mel Brooks,

Planet Spaceballs' President Skroob sends Lord Dark Helmet to steal planet Druidia's abundant supply of air to replenish their own, and only Lone Starr can stop them.

Actors : Terry Camilleri, George Carlin, Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter,
Directors : Stephen Herek,

Two seemingly dumb teens set off on a quest to prepare the ultimate historical presentation with the help of a time machine.

Actors : Tom Berenger, Glenn Close, William Hurt, Jeff Goldblum,
Directors : Lawrence Kasdan,

A group of seven former college friends gather for a weekend reunion at a South Carolina winter house after the funeral of one of their friends.